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Håvard Vad Petersson
Curler
Håvard Vad Petersson (centre) at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Born	(1984-01-05) 5 January 1984 (age 40) Oslo, Norway
Team
Curling club	Snarøen CC, Oslo, NOR
Curling career
World Championship appearances	9 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
European Championship appearances	111 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Olympic appearances	3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Medal record Curling Representing  Norway Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver World Championships 2014 Beijing 2015 Halifax 2010 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2009 Moncton 2008 Grand Forks European Championships 2011 Moscow 2010 Champéry 2016 Renfrewshire 2014 Champéry 2013 Stavanger 2012 Karlstad 2008 Örnsköldsvik 2007 Füssen 2015 Esbjerg 2009 Aberdeen

Håvard Vad Petersson (born 5 January 1984 in Oslo) is a Norwegian curler from Arendal who was the long time lead for Team Thomas Ulsrud. He is currently the coach of the Yannick Schwaller rink.

At the junior level, Petersson played lead for Team Thomas Løvold and won gold medals at the 2002 and 2003 World Junior Curling Championships "B" tournaments. In 2004, he competed as skip for the first time at the World Junior Curling Championship, finishing in sixth place.

With Team Ulsrud during the 2007–2010 seasons, Petersson won six World Curling Tour events, three European Curling Championship medals (silver in 2007 and 2008; bronze in 2009), three World Curling Championship medals (bronze in 2008 and 2009; silver in 2010), and silver at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. His shooting accuracy proved to be consistently high in the 80–90 percentiles during the 2009–10 season, which significantly contributed to his team's top round-robin standings at the 2009 European Curling Championship and 2010 World Curling Championship.

Petersson's ability to achieve athletic excellence despite being able to see out of only one eye is often a topic of discussion for sports commentators.

Personal life

Petersson is married to Kristin Olstad and has two children. Before coaching, he was employed as a businessman, and owned Smoothie Xchange/Funky Frozen Yogurt.

Teams

References

1. "About Team Ulsrud". Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine TeamUlsrud.com. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
2. "Håvard Vad Petersson, Curling" (Curling > Athletes). Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
3. "2023 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
4. "Results and Statistics database" (Persons; Championships). Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine World Curling Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
5. "Håvard Vad Petersson" (Teams > Events). Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine ASHAM World Curling Tour. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
6. "Results/Statistics" (Competitions > European Championships). Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine European Curling Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
7. "Capitol One World Men's Championship – Day 6" (News). Archived 2010-05-14 at the Wayback Machine World Curling Federation. 8 April 2010.
8. "Men's Gold Medal Game" (Curling Schedule > Results). Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 27 February 2010.
9. Eurosport (UK & Ireland). Winter Sports, Curling, 2010 World Curling Championship in Cortina D'Ampezzo – Norway vs. Scotland semi-final. Viewed 10 April 2010.
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2015-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. 2018 Continental Cup Media Guide

External links

• Håvard Vad Petersson at World Curling
• Håvard Vad Petersson at Olympedia (archive)
• Haavard Vad Petersson at Olympics.com
• Team Ulsrud (official website) at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 April 2010)
• Complete coverages of Team Norway's Olympics performances at the official Vancouver Olympic Games 2010 Channel
• Håvard Vad Petersson and Thomas Ulrud interviewed on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge møter curlinggutta". 4 December 2009.
• Håvard Vad Petersson interviewed on Eurosport Norge. "EurosportNorge om hvordan curling fungerer". 4 December 2009.
• Team Norway interviewed on Grand Slam of Curling. Olympic Curling – Team Norway. 17 February 2010.

• Living people
• Norwegian male curlers
• Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• Curlers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
• 1984 births
• Olympic curlers for Norway
• Olympic silver medalists for Norway
• Olympic medalists in curling
• Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
• World curling champions
• Sportspeople from Arendal
• Curlers from Oslo
• Continental Cup of Curling participants
• European curling champions
• Norwegian curling coaches
• 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen